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Thestate ofUtah held elections in 2014.Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Utah
Signature filing deadline for all candidates	March 20, 2014
Petition drive deadline for ballot measures	April 15, 2014
Voter registration deadline for primary election	May 27, 2014
Primary election date	June 24, 2014
Voter registration deadline for general election	October 6, 2014
General election date	November 4, 2014
School board elections (14)	November 4, 2014

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled inUtah in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
Find current election news and links here.
United States Senate elections, 2014	d
U.S. House	a
State Executives	a
State Senate	a
State House	a
Statewide ballot measures (3 measures)	a
Local ballot measures	d
School boards	a
State courts	a

2014 elections

Races to watch in Utah

Utah State Legislature

See also:Utah State Senate elections, 2014 andUtah House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theUtah State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014. Heading into the election, theRepublican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

2012 Margin of Victory, Utah State Senate
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
District 1	Luz Robles	10.6%	18,969	Chelsea Woodruff
District 8	Brian Shiozawa	13.6%	39,020	Josie Valdez
District 6	Wayne Harper	20.9%	33,010	John Rendell
District 19	Allen Christensen	26.9%	32,835	Peter Conover Clemens
District 23	Todd Weiler	28.9%	39,460	Breck England
District 27	David Hinkins	44.4%	34,784	Michael Binyon
District 29	Stephen Urquhart	54.1%	36,572	Terence Moore
District 16	Curtis Bramble	57.7%	24,534	Gregory Duerden
District 28	Evan Vickers	65.3%	33,967	Geoffrey Chesnut
District 24	Ralph Okerlund	72.9%	34,235	Trestin Meacham

Elections for theUtah House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014. Heading into the election, theRepublican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

2012 Margin of Victory, Utah House of Representatives
District	Winner	Margin of Victory	Total Votes	Top Opponent
District 31	Larry Wiley	1%	7,667	Fred Johnson
District 69	Jerry Anderson	2.5%	12,635	Christine Watkins
District 37	Carol Moss	3.2%	17,452	Anne-Marie Lampropoulos
District 30	Janice Fisher	3.4%	10,414	Fred Cox
District 33	Craig Hall	5.6%	8,016	Liz Muniz
District 34	Johnny Anderson	6.7%	11,719	Celina Milner
District 10	Dixon M Pitcher	8.6%	10,239	Christopher Winn
District 46	Marie Poulson	9.3%	18,061	Wyatt Christensen
District 45	Steven Eliason	10.9%	14,519	Gary Forbush
District 44	Tim Cosgrove	12.8%	13,436	Christy Achziger

Elections by type

U.S. House

U.S. House of Representatives elections in Utah

See also:United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2014 andUnited States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections inUtah took place onNovember 4, 2014. Voterselected four candidates to serve in theU.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Primary: Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Utah, state law allows parties to decide who may vote in their primaries.^[1] CheckVote.Utah.gov for details about upcoming elections.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Voter registration: Voters needed to register tovote in the primary by either May 25, 2014, by mail, or June 9, 2014, online. For thegeneral election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014.^[2]

See also:Utah elections, 2014

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held three of the four congressional seats fromUtah.

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Rob Bishop	Republican	1
Chris Stewart	Republican	2
Jason Chaffetz	Republican	3
Jim Matheson	Democratic	4

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 20, 2014.

1st Congressional District

General election candidates^[3]

• Rob Bishop - Incumbenta
• Donna McAleer
• Craig Bowden^[4]
• Dwayne Vance - Independent American Party

April 26, 2014, Convention results

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates^[8]

• Chris Stewart - Incumbenta
• Luz Robles
• Wayne Hill - Independent American Party
• Shaun McCausland
• Bill Barron

April 26, 2014, Convention results

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates^[11]

• Jason Chaffetz - Incumbenta
• Brian Wonnacott
• Zack Strong - Independent American Party
• Ben Mates
• Stephen Tryon

April 26, 2014, Convention results

Failed to file

• Abraham^[13]

4th Congressional District

General election candidates^[14]

• Mia Love^[15]a
• Doug Owens
• Jim Vein
• Tim Aalders
• Collin Robert Simonsen

April 26, 2014, Convention results

Withdrew from race

• Jennifer Johnson^[19]

State Executives

State executive official elections in Utah

See also:Utah attorney general special election, 2014 andState executive official elections, 2014

There were no regularly scheduled state executive elections in Utah in 2014 - only one special election.

Special elections by date

November 4, 2014

TheUtah attorney general special election took place onNovember 4, 2014. IncumbentSean D. Reyes (R) was appointed in December 2013 byUtah GovernorGary R. Herbert. Reyes won election to fill the remainder of the term. He will serve for two years and will be next up for election in November 2016.

Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Utah, state law allows parties to decide who may vote in their primaries.^[20] CheckVote.Utah.gov for details about upcoming elections.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Candidates

General election

Sean Reyes -Incumbent^[21]
Charles Stormont - Lawyer in the Utah Attorney General's office^[22]
Andrew McCullough - Libertarian candidate^[22]
Gregory Hansen - Constitution Party candidate^[21]
Leslie Curtis - American Independent Party candidate^[21]

State Senate

State Senate election in Utah

See also:Utah State Senate elections, 2014 andState legislative elections, 2014

Elections for theUtah State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014.

Majority control

See also:Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in theUtah State Senate:

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 20, 2014.

District 2 •District 3 •District 4 •District 5 •District 9 •District 11 •District 12 •District 15 •District 17 •District 18 •District 21 •District 22 •District 26 •District 28

State House

State House elections in Utah

See also:Utah House of Representatives elections, 2014 andState legislative elections, 2014

Elections for theUtah House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014.

Majority control

See also:Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in theUtah House of Representatives:

List of candidates by district

Note: The filing deadline for candidates was March 20, 2014.

District 1 •District 2 •District 3 •District 4 •District 5 •District 6 •District 7 •District 8 •District 9 •District 10 •District 11 •District 12 •District 13 •District 14 •District 15 •District 16 •District 17 •District 18 •District 19 •District 20 •District 21 •District 22 •District 23 •District 24 •District 25 •District 26 •District 27 •District 28 •District 29 •District 30 •District 31 •District 32 •District 33 •District 34 •District 35 •District 36 •District 37 •District 38 •District 39 •District 40 •District 41 •District 42 •District 43 •District 44 •District 45 •District 46 •District 47 •District 48 •District 49 •District 50 •District 51 •District 52 •District 53 •District 54 •District 55 •District 56 •District 57 •District 58 •District 59 •District 60 •District 61 •District 62 •District 63 •District 64 •District 65 •District 66 •District 67 •District 68 •District 69 •District 70 •District 71 •District 72 •District 73 •District 74 •District 75

School boards

School board elections in Utah

See also:List of school board elections in 2014 andUtah school board elections, 2014

In 2014,670 ofAmerica's largest school districtsheldelections for2,188 seats. These elections tookplace in37 states.

State elections

A total of14 Utah school districts amongAmerica's largest school districts by enrollment heldelections in 2014 for50 seats. Each district held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Utah's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 2.28 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Utah’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was higher than thenational average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
• 26 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that wereunopposed nationally.

• 76 percent of theincumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, and they retained 60 percent of the total seats up for election.
• A total of 20 newcomers were elected to school boards in Utah. They took 40 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats thatwent to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 wasGranite School District with 70,083 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 wasBox Elder School District with 11,310 K-12 students.
• Eight districts were tied for the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with four seats up for election in each district.
• Six districts were tied for the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with three seats up for election in each district.

The districts listed below served 466,444 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.^[23] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

Statewide ballot measures

Statewide ballot measure elections in Utah

See also:Utah 2014 ballot measures and2014 ballot measures

Three ballot measures were certified for the2014 ballot in the state ofUtah.

On the ballot

November 4:

Type	Title	Subject	Description	Result
LRCA	Amendment A	Admin of Gov't	Eliminates provision limiting membership on the State Tax Commission to no more than two members of the same political party	d
LRCA	Amendment B	State Exec	Removes the requirement that an appointed lieutenant governor stand for election in the next regular general election following his or her appointment	a
LRCA	Amendment C	State Exec	Authorizes the Lieutenant Governor, State Auditor, and State Treasurer each to appoint legal counsel	d

Voting in Utah

See also:Voting in Utah

Important voting information

• Aprimary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. In Utah, state law allows parties to decide who may vote in their primaries.^[24] CheckVote.Utah.gov for details about upcoming elections.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

• Utah has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visitingthis website.

Voting absentee

See also:Absentee voting by state

For information abouteligibility,deadlines,military and overseas voting andupdates to the voting laws in Utah, please visit ourabsentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also:Early voting

Utah is one of 34 states that have early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins 14 days before an election and ends the Friday prior to Election Day. The average number of days prior to an election that voters can cast an early ballot is 21 days in states with a definitive starting date.^[25][26]

Elections Performance Index

See also:Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Utah ranked10th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in thePew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Utah received an overall score of 70 percent.^[27]

See also

Footnotes

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